James Henry James (1864 - 1917)

Born 15 May 1864 in Kadina, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Son of James James Jr and Margaret Heeson (Prior) James

Husband of Emily Silvina (Stevens) James — married about 1890 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1917 at age 52 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

James Henry James was born in on 15th May 1864 in Kadina, South Australia, Australia to parents James James and Margaret Heeson Prior. He resided in South Australia until he moved to Victoria where he married Emily (Stevens) James at the age of 26, on 19th August 1890 in Bendigo. James was a miner, working at the Wallaroo Mines (Copper mining) in South Australia before moving to Bendigo, where he also worked as a miner.

He and Emily had 7 children. Ernest Henry James (1891-1949), Percy William James (1892-1966), a female unnamed was stillborn in 1894, Albert Thomas (1895-1977), Stella Silvina (1897-1898) who died as an infant, Gladys Ann James (1898-1989), and another daughter Mabel Alexina James (1901-1917) who died aged 16 not long after his death.

He and the family resided at Mc Dougall Road, (Golden Square) Sandhurst South, Bendigo until his death on 12 April 1917 aged 52. He is buried at Benigo Cemetery, Bendigo alongside his wife Emily and daughter Mabel.

Sources

• Biography and references provided by Great granddaughter, Keryn Keane [Keane-915]

• Birth Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 15 May 1864 Kadina, South Australia, Australia page 255 Vol 31 (31/255)

• Birth South Australia Online database Genealogy https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search/search-results?surname=James&check=1&gname=James+Henry&year=1864&range=0? Copy of transcript of original certificate: South Australia Birth: James Henry James, Reg Year 1864, District: Adelaide, Date of Birth: 15th May 1864, Male, Father: James James, Occupation: Miner, Mother Given and Maiden name: Margaret Prior, Residence of Parents: Kadina, Informant: Thomas William Harris, Adelaide. Registered on 31st May 1864, Adelaide.

• Marriage Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index1890. Victoria Birth Death Marriages Reg No. 4924/1890. Purchased copy of Marriage registration from Victoria BDM. No. on Register: 96. Year: 1890. Place married: At the bride's parents, Diamond Hill, August 19, 1890. James Henry James, bachelor, born Kadina, Australia, age 26, miner, Residence: Sandhurst, Father: James James, miner, Mother: Margaret Prior & Emily Silvina Stevens, spinster, born Sparrowhawk, Australia, age 19, residence: Diamond Hill, Father: Late Thomas Stevens, Miner, Mother: Anne Veitch. Marriage solemnized in the District Kangaroo Flat by Incumbent J.F.Frewin, 19th day of August, 1890, according to the rites of Church of England. Witnesses: Alfred William Stevens, Ann Stevens. Registration No. 4924

• Residences Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980: Victoria, Bendigo, Golden Square 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1912,1914, 1915, 1917 McDougall Rd, Golden Square, Bendigo. (See wife Emily Silvina Stevens for full Residence/Electoral Rolls)

• Death Victoria, Australia Death Index, 1836-1988. 12 April 1917 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Victoria Birth Death Marriages. Reg. No 3755/1917. Age 53 Edwardian Index RN 3758. Purchased copy of death registration from Victoria BDM: Deaths in the District of Bendigo in the State of Victoria, 1917. No. on Register 3739. when/where died: 12th April 1917, McDougall Road, City of Bendigo, County of Bendigo. Name/occupation: James Henry James, miner, Male, 63 years old, Cause of death/Medical Practioner/when last seen: Pleurisy, Fibrosis of lung, Exhaustion, Dr O. Penfold, last seen 11th April 1917. Parents of deceased: Father: James James, miner. Mother: Margaret James formerly (Hawke) Registration No. 3755. Incumbent: Wm. Farmer, authorised agent, McCrae Street, Bendigo. Registrar: Mary Reardon, 16th April 1917, Bendigo. Burial: 14th April 1917, Bendigo Cemetery, Wm Farmer. Burial by: Rev. Ham, Methodist minister, witnesses: E.Jackson, W.Farmer. Born: Wallaroo, in Victoria: 53 years. Where married/how long/spouse: Diamond Hill, 27 years, Emily Stevens. Issue from marriage/ages: Ernest Henry 26, Percy William 24, Albert Thomas 22, Gladys Ann 18, Mabel Alexina 16.

• Burial Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-current. Bendigo Cemetery, Section: Monumental N7, Monumental Grave 23485. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156983620/james-henry-james.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Joseph Scaddan, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are James James and Margaret Prior, the great great grandparents of Keryn Keane and great grandparents of Joseph Scaddan. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2nd cousin x 1 removed, based on sharing 140.1 cM across 9 segments.